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[Poetry]
IN A DREAM, LOUISE BOURGEOIS
by Matt Comi
answers questions in
front of a class,
all sitting in desks
too small for their knees.
she answers every question
the same,
quoting herself, saying:
why my mother
died
and abandoned me
would be clear if the question
was perhaps a different one.
If the question was replaced
by why do I suffer
so much from this loss,
why am I so affected
by this disappearance?
RAUSCHENBERG, IN A CHAIR, WITH A LIGHT ON HIS FACE
says things,
soft and fragmented,
without opening his mouth.
Three men stand behind glass
he cannot see through,
listening to the crackle
of speakers meant only
to communicate.
he says:
I might move out there and find
that all the work is finished.
At that point I might
become a collector of vegetables.
he says:
I couldn't break anything as I
crossed the room, and if it fell on me
it wouldn't hurt a bit.
Matt Comi lives, writes, and makes art in the Pacific Northwest.
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